Standard for supporting wires.



PATENTED JULY 4, 1905.

W. V. GILBERT STANDARD FOR S'UIPO RTING- WIRES.

APPLIOATIOIT FILED JAN. 25, 1905.

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PATENTED JULY 4, 1906.

W. V. GILBERT. STANDARD FOR SUPPORTING WIRES.

APPLICATION FILED 31111.25, 1905.

Patented July 4t, 905.

CIT IE JitTION tormin 9; part 0] Letters Paton t No. '?Q4t.[i93, dated."i'uly 4;, 1.905.

Application liled January 25, i905. Serial No. 242,608,

lie it known that l, Vt'AUlriirl i um ti'itunirr. a. subject of theltinn; ol' tireat liritain. and a resident oi lort l llizabeth. in (lapotiolony, have invented a new and improved titainlard l'or Eiinpportingit'ires and the liike, oi which the following; is a hill, elear, andexact deseriptiol'i.

My invm'ition relates to stainhn-ds to! sup portion wires and the like.and admits ol' general use, but peculiarly valuable for purposes ol'l'eneinn.

llly invention relates more pnrtimilarly to a. certain l'orni ol'stainlald made prel'erably olsheel. metal and formed Iroln a. blank oisueh metal bent into suitable. eonl'in-mity to be driven into the earthand to support the wires or :ables, the standard being partieularlyadapted to be nested in order to save trans nin'tation expenses andpossessing eonstruetional :nlvantage. hereinal tra' set l'orth.

ltelerenee is to be had to the aecoi'n ianying drawings, forming a. partol' this speeili 2: .tion, in which similar eharacters oi. relereneeindiate eorresponding' parts in all the tin-pres.

Figure l. isa side elevation ol" a. blank pressed or stauniied fromsheet metal and ready to be bent intoshape so as to term one oithestandards. Fin. 2 is a side ole 'ation showing the blank as bent sothat the side walls are eurved in toward )aeh other in order to term theouter walls ol' the stalulard. l in'. 3 is a. l'rout elevation viewed astl'Olll the leit ol' l ig. 1, showing the appearalnice oi the blank whenthus bent. l i n'. l; is av lragmentary plan view showing the standardwith its top portion omnpleted. liig. b is a. lmrizontal section uponthe line 5 5 of l lo; 2 looking in the direction oi the arrow. lfi r.('5 id an enlarged perspectire View oi the :ap oi. the standard. Fig. '7is a. side elevation showing a number of the standznds nested together,and Fig. 8 is a Front elevation showing a nest oi. the stznidards readyto r sh i p pi ng'.

in carrying out my invention l stamp or press from a sheet of metal a.blank of substantially the term shown in ling. it and eonsisting of a.body portion m terinil'uiting in an edge (1., which afterward forms theneek oi the standard, the body portion heirnr i'urther provided with apointed portion it. :ulapted to enter the groiuid in the same manner asi. spade. lhe body portion 1/ has side ptn'tions (5 and also at suitableintervals slots 1''. ar ranged oppositely. as shown, and terminalinn' inbulbs t", the bulbs oi one pair oi slots being arranged at the samelevel. while other portions ol' the slots are disposed at dillerentlevels or provided with opposite inelinatimis. 'lhe staiulard is alsoprovided with longritnrli nal ein'riue'ationr-a 1'. disposed not quiteparallel with eaeh other in order to eonipeusale tor the iurreaserlwidthot the blank at its bottom edge. so that the general direction oithe eerrun'ations: is symmetrieal with regard to the shape ol' theblank. The middle (corrugation extendseoznpletely to the bottom ol' thespadelike portion 11/, terminating a.t as irnlieated in Fig. 3, so as tostreingthen the spade-like portion and also to re the lower ixtreinityoi the standard a. shape suitable for enabling the standard to bereadily nested. The blank. is l'urther provided with holes I], loeattalin the lieek portion It. and also with holes w, lozated in the spadedikeportion a", as will be understood tl'Olll l i g's. l and it *lhese holesare for the purposeol' enabliugtlw stainlards when nested, as shown inFigs. l' and a, to be withdrawn one at a. time by means oi handhookswhich may be eaused to engage the holes if and w. in planing one ol' theshunt ards Within the others. so as to Iorin the nest. the holes 1/ areengaged by the hainl-ho ,)ks, so that the inner stazulard may be drawnas (closely as possible up into the outer stzunlard or starnlards,whereas in extrirating the standards tl'Olfl the nest the llOlGS 1/ aresimilarly used.

li'itegral with the body portion (r are bosses (l, eaeh having the formol a (ZOHVHXlhV, as lIHllLiLttPd more partieularly in Figs. 1 and'l.liese lmsses serve as :-ip:i.(.:i1ig members, in that they hold thestandards apart when the latter are nested. lhe purpose oi thus holdingthe stamlards apart is to prevent them from stieking' together. so as torequire an undu' amount oi' I'oree in extrication" them and also inpreventing damage to the Stitllilfll'tlS by undue efforts otherwisenecessary to pull them apart. A cap /I made, preferably, of a solidintegral portion of metal, is provided with an annular groove Z,concentric therewith, as will he understood from Fig. 6. h'lorg'ing intothis groove are two slots Z Z. The annular groove Z receives the neckportion n of the standarrh the edges of the side portions 1) enteringthe slots This construction prevents the standard from opening whenblows are administered upon the cap /1, so that the standard may withoutmaterial al teration of its shape he driven downward, so that theportion a? is completely embedded within thegronnd. The Fence wires orstrands hold in the hulhs Vol the side memhers 71 ot' the standard. (SeeFigs. 2 to 5 ol the drawings.)

It will he understood, ol course, that owing to the cheapness with whichfences must he constructed the item of transportation is a considerablefactor of the total outlay necessary to huild a Fence. As thetransportation charges are to some extent governed hy the term in whichthe articles are presented to the trans iorli-z'ition companies, itFollows that standards which may readily he nested can he shipped atless expense than other standards which cannot he nested. This isparticaiilarly the case where the fences are to he shippedlong'disiances. The idea of proper nesting for the standards necessarilycarries with it the idea of rendering the standards readily detachahleafter the ship iing is over and carries with it the Further idea 01 e:ahline the standards to he readily assemhled so as to assume the formof a case.

,lt will he noted that the wires cannot be torn from the standard exceptby mntilating the sheet metal at two distinct points, also that thewires may he merely hooked into po sition without threading themlongitudinally.

llaviire thus descri hed my invention, Ll elai in as new and desire tosecure hy Letters Patent- 1. A standard for supporting wires and thelike, comprising a hody portion made oi sheet metal and provided withcorrugations and also with hosses intermediate of said corrugations forthe purpose ol enahling the standard to he readily nest-ed with othersof its kind.

2. in a stamhtrd for supporting wires and the like, a body portion ofsheet metal provided with hosses and with holes, said hosses and saidholes heing for-the purpose of enahling' said hody portion to he readilynested with others 01 its kind.

3. As an article of mai'iulacture, a cap for a Fence standard or post,said cap minsisting of a comparatively thiclr plate ol metal providedwith an annular groove sunken directly into the SUlJSliHlltfli oi themetal, and also provided with slots meshing" into said groove.

in testimony where l have signed my name to this specification in thepresence ol two suhscri'hing" witnesses.

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